they dont do a visual inspection in va. If your obdII then all they do is plug an play. And to begin with, modifiying your exhaust is illegal in va period.

 

Sorry about the bad info. on VA visual inspection -- for some reason the inspector looked at and commented on my 2 cats. on our 7 series BMW. I have never heard that putting on an exhaust is illegal in VA, just opportunity for cops to site you for noise issues (I'll have to research a bit). So either the EVO puts out very little hydrocarbons, CO, NO or NO2 or VA laws are pretty loose if one can pass without a catalytic converter -- any idea on which it is? Do any of you that are running catless have emmission results and could post? I would love to see what a catless EVO is pumping out at idle and under throttle. Thanks

 

Yes, it's 100% illegal to change a single exhaust part in VA. I got a ticket just for having a cat-back with the stock dp/cat, and I still didn't get out of it in court after showing the judge an emissions report where I had passed with flying colors WITH that exhaust on AFTER the ticket. I also showed him an invoice showing that I had removed the cat-back and gone back to stock, and he STILL didn't care. It was only $25, but he still nailed me.

Yes, VA is supposed to do a visual inspection, so if they didn't do one for you DSM GSR04, then you got lucky. They don't do the sniff test, but they check the OBD-II and look to ensure you have a cat.

 

Should we change the name of this thread?

 

in CA if your caught without a cat its anywhere from $1500 - $2500 fine PER cat thats missing